Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-30


for the purpose of taxation, Barton
county stands twenty-fourth in the
state, being considerably ahead of Reno
county, and far ahead of any other
county in the state, west of our east
county line.
AT the time the Oleomargorine bill
became law it was thought that the
manufacture of bogus butter would be
practically stopped. But such has not
been the case, as the following figures
which we have compiled from a recent
publication will show: There are 81
factories engaged now in making it, OF
which number Chicago has IL, while
Kansas City has only one. There are
3,537 retail dealers who have paid a
specinl tax for the privilenge of selling
it and 266 who are wholesale dealers
The total amount sold in November
December, January and February was
12,645, ,74O pounds.
ALMOST every town in southwest
Kansas has brick yard, which goes
to prove that Kansas clay is good fol-
something besides agriculture. Great
Bend has now brick yards which are
turning out some of as handsome brick
as can be found in the state. Every
years experience in handling our clay
enables the manufacturer to better
understand its composition and the
mode of manipulation necessary to
make strong and perfect brick.
Some buildings are being fronted with
our homemade pressed brick, and the
difference between this brick and the
Kansas City pressed brick is so small
that it takes an experienced eye to de-
tect it.
EVERY Kansas paper is interested
i'll getting before the eyes of the eastern
man:the fact that we have broad lands
and cheap lands, lands that will bring
forth the finest crops in the known
world, broad prairies that are open to
all who wish to tickle their heaving
bosor1s and receive tile reward of
plenty and prosperity. There is an
other element IN the east whose atten-
tiOn we should make an effort to OBJ
tain, viz: the girls. Kansas has 100,-
600 more males than females! Girls,
come outl come out!! Come to this
land which is really FLOWING with milk
and honey and strong yeomanry with
large hearts and willing hands. Come
out and take a claim
The people of Barton county are
soon to decide whether they will have
another railroad through the county.
The DEMOCRAT has said repeatedly
that it would be greatly beneficial to the
county as well as this city to have a
third line running to this place. The
interests of the county and the princi-
pal towns therein are identical If
Great Bend should become a city of
fifteen thousand inhabitants every acre
of land in the county would increase
in value. Or if Ellinwood should grow
to be a city of two thousand inhabit-
ants all the land. in that part of the
county would be more valuable than it
is now. We are prompted to say this
from the fact that there is often a feel
ing among farmers that railroads bene-
fit towns only. The fact is the farmers
of Barton county are as vitality inter-
ested in this matter as the residents of
either. Great Bend or EllinwOod. We
hope that this question will be consid-
cred fairly and without prejudice, with
a feeling that we should do that which
will do the most good for the majority.
HUTCHINSON is one of the most
progressive towns in this part of Kan
sas, or i'll the whole state, as to that
matter. That town some time ago rec
ogniZed the fact that it must have rail-
roads or it could never hope to COM
pete with its rivals. Hutchinson has,
probably, done as much in the way of
securing roads in the past twelve
months as any town in the state, and
the result is that it has had the most
remarkable growth during that time of
any town in Kansas, with, probably,
one exception. Great Bend has now
the prospect of securing a road which
will be of equal advantage to both
places = this and Hutchinson. The
people of that town are fully pursaaded
that it would be greatly to their advan-
tage to have this road, notwithstand-
they already have, or soon will have,
the Rock Island, Missouri Pacific and
two lines of the Santa Fe. Certainly
if Hutchinson can afford to pay to get
the Midland, SO can we. 1t is fact
Datent to every man who has oivan tho